Cuttack, Oct 10: A data entry operator at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack was arrested for demanding and taking bribe from a patient’s attendant, a Vigilance officer said on Thursday.
The data entry operator, Smruti Ranjan Sahoo of the Department of Hepatology had demanded money from a patient’s attendant to give prescribed medicine available for free. Vigilance sleuths caught him red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000 from the son of a poor patient who is undergoing treatment for Hepatitis.
When the attendant refused to pay money, Sahoo denied give the medicines following which he informed the matter to Vigilance.
Acting on the complaint, the vigilance laid a trap and caught Sahoo red-handed while accepting the bribe of Rs 2,000.
Vigilance sleuths also conducted raid at two locations linked to Sahoo to investigate his disproportionate assets registering a case against him.